All Justice Info articles since 2015
All articles published on Justice Info (original and republications) are displayed on this page in chronological order. Only our Hirondelle News archives and the AFP news feed (except for dispatches edited by us) are excluded from this list.
Cameroon: Impunity is not an option!
20 May 2019
by Hugo Jombwe
In view of the atrocities being committed in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions Hugo Jombwe, a Cameroonian jurist specialized in international criminal law, hopes that all available legal avenues – national justice, International Crimi [...]
17 May 2019
by Ephrem Rugiririza
In a report published on May 2, the International Crisis Group (ICG) called for the International Criminal Court to intervene on the situation in Cameroon. The armed conflict between government forces and separatists in the countr [...]
16 May 2019
by Tjitske Lingsma
For years the Office of the Prosecutor was seen as the problematic organ harming the reputation of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Now the ICC judges have triggered multiple controversies on their morality, integrity or in [...]
14 May 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
The Tunisian Court of Audit, which is responsible for the oversight of public funds and is known to operate independently and impartially, published its audit report on the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) at the end of April. I [...]
14 May 2019
by AFP
The missing of Brazzaville's 'Beach', 20 years on
On May 5-14, 1999, Congolese refugees crossed the river between the two Congos and headed back to their homeland. When they reached Brazzaville's port, called "The Beach", they went through a selection process. At least 353 of the [...]
10 May 2019
by Ephrem Rugiririza
Judges urge France to take acquitted Rwandan
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda received cooperation from States to arrest the 73 people it tried, but when it closed in December 2015, it did not find a host country for some of the people who had been acquitted or [...]
9 May 2019
by Thierry Cruvellier
Seychelles: a time for truth in Paradise
On this day of May 9, the seven members of a Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission are due to be inaugurated in the Seychelles. The archipelago is known mainly for its paradise beaches and private islands. But from 1 [...]
7 May 2019
by Franck Petit
Al-Bashir: Jordan should have arrested him, the ICC says again
Appeals judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed unsurprisingly, on Monday, May 6, that Jordan – a member of the Court – should have arrested Omar Al-Bashir when he came to an Arab League summit in March 2017. Th [...]
6 May 2019
by Charles Bouessel
Central Africans still waiting for Truth Commission
Three months ago, a peace agreement was signed between the government and 14 armed groups. It provided for the establishment of a Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission within 90 days. Such a Commission was alrea [...]
3 May 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia Truth Commission report (Part II): Justice and prisons, tools of oppression
Among the mechanisms on which the Bourguiba and Ben Ali regimes relied was the justice system which became a tool of government, and prisons, where all manner of violence and abuse took place. In its section on the mechanisms of s [...]
30 April 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia Truth Commission report (Part I) : dissected oppression
A meticulous network throughout the country by the one-party State and special agents of the Interior Ministry helped keep Tunisians in subjection for several decades, explains the final report of Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commi [...]
26 April 2019
by Mustapha K. Darboe
TRRC in Gambia: Sanna Sabally’s extraordinary moment of truth
It was a historical moment this week for all Gambians and for the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). Sanna Sabally, the former number 2 of the military junta led by Yahya Jammeh, came from abroad to come forw [...]
25 April 2019
by Maud Sarliève
Polly Higgins, a major voice against environmental crime
Scottish activist Polly Higgins has been advocating for the recognition of the crime of ecocide for the past decade. She died suddenly on April 21 at the age of 50. Lawyer Maud Sarliève recalls the long struggle of her British pee [...]
25 April 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia: Tension is rising between victims and government
A serious incident occurred on 23 April between victims and the national authorities. One victim of the old regime went so far as to threaten to commit suicide under the nose of an advisor to the head of government. In the middle [...]
18 April 2019
by Olfa Belhassine
Sihem Bensedrine: “France and the World Bank should compensate Tunisian victims”
JUSTICEINFO.NET IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS Sihem Bensedrine Head of the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) in Tunisia In Tunisia, the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) has just concluded its work with a final report of two thousand page [...]
16 April 2019
by Franck Petit
Reality check for the ICC in Afghanistan
An exclusive interview with Julian Elderfield, who worked in the prosecution division of the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2012 to February 2019. The prosecutor’s request to open an invest [...]
16 April 2019
by Charles Thiefaine
Iraq: A day with Islamic State suspects at Tel Keppe tribunal
A day at the Tel Keppe anti-terrorist tribunal, north of Mosul. A dozen individuals appear here each day accused of having joined Islamic State. Some are accused of torture, and some have been tortured to obtain confessions. The t [...]